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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 16, 1791
Page
3
The trial recounts sheep thefts linked to the Green Man inn and Portpool Lane with men named Plater Mulvas Collis and Jackson. The narrative shifts to a domestic fatal assault where a man killed his partner after drinking. witnesses describe the beating, the legal guidance on murder versus manslaughter, and the jury's guilty verdict on the case.
At Whitechapel on August 13, Christopher Share was charged before Mr Justice Grose with feloniously killing Sarah O Bryan by beating and kicking her after turning her and her child from his home. The deceased, Mrs. O Bryan, testified she lived near Share and that he and Sarah were effectively husband and wife with several children, two of whom had died previously.
The London Gazette reports officer promotions across the Life Guards Royal Horse Guards and multiple Dragoon and Foot regiments. Named officers move from Cornet or Ensign to Lieutenant or Captain, with several by purchase, plus appointments in the Island of St Vincent garrison and a list of dividends and certificates with dates and locations for notices at Guildhall and other taverns.
Monday report from Windsor and Petersham details the Duke of Clarence visiting the three Princesses at Windsor before returning to Petersham lodge. The Duke and Duchess of Lesbos travel from town toward North Mims and Hornby Castle. The Duchess of Gordon stays at Gordon Castle with a large visiting party including Lord Weymouth and others. The Argyle estate at Ealing changes hands for 6000 guineas. Fires around Quarter Day noted as unusually frequent. Captain Packennam earns promotion to Post Captain. Madrid plans to destroy Sallee if Moorish Ceuta attack proceeds. Don Carlos Felix O Neale dies at 110, son of Sir Nett O Neale of Ulster origin, with legacy across continents.
On Saturday Emanuel Levy was examined on uttering bad money. James Collis a jeweller in Sunbury sold peaches at Eguaia racecourse where a plot involving counterfeit coins surfaced. The next day the accused and others emptied Collins’s fruit with bribe money exchanged, a half crown found bad and 18s 6d of bare metal recovered from about 1l 4s taken from Jews. Levy claimed innocence before a God. Bail ordered for conspiracy and fraud. John Avery is jailed for stealing garments from Elizabeth Butterworth.
A Duchess hosting a Sunday gathering at Brighton invited the Prince of Wales and others when two Mr B’s caused discomfort. The Duchess demanded their leave after revealing their presence might make her coming offspring resemble them. The two Mr Bs then loitered at her window, while the Duchess traveled to town. Nearby notes report Halifax and Quebec mail, a Thisbe frigate voyage, and a fatal Strangwich Passage boat accident with three lives lost and a rescue attempt.
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